The cannon fodder character in the "Dream of the Red Chamber" substitute bride story tries to rewrite her life, part 2...

Jia Hui sneered. Her second sister, Jia Wei, was always hypocritical. On the surface, she pretended to be a loving sister and won over Jia Daishan, while behind his back, she wished she could trample the original owner of this body into the mud.

This trip was just a pretext to visit her, to mock her for marrying into the general's mansion and becoming a widow.

Seeing that Jia Hui was staring at her without saying a word, Jia Wei felt a little smug and touched the new hairpin she had just received: "Third sister, let me give you a piece of advice: those who know when to yield are the wise ones."

No one in the Duke's mansion can disobey Father. Since Father has spoken, you are to marry that sickly Mingrui.

It seems my sister from General Feng'en's mansion is destined for marriage. Alas, my poor third sister will be a widow after she marries. Oh, how pitiful!

Listen to your sister's advice; arguing with your father will never end well.

You should apologize to your father. As the saying goes, marriage is arranged by parents and matchmakers. This important matter of marriage should be decided by the parents. How can your sister be allowed to be picky?

Although the Feng'en General's mansion has fallen on hard times, it is still a member of the imperial family. General Mingrui also holds a noble title; if you marry into that family, you will become a Lady of the Imperial Decree.

It's already quite remarkable that a concubine's daughter could climb the social ladder and marry into the Feng'en General's mansion.

Although General Mingrui is a bit frail, if you take good care of him after you marry him, he might live a few more years.

If you can bear him a son or daughter, then you, the illegitimate daughter of the Duke's mansion, will rise to prominence and become the mistress of the General's mansion, enjoying endless wealth and honor.

The third sister will have to endure some hardship at first, since it's a marriage intended to bring good luck. I heard that General Feng'en is already nearing the end of his life.

My sister should hurry up and get married. When General Mingrui sees how dignified and charming she is, he will be pleased, and perhaps his illness will be cured..."

Jia Hui stared straight at Jia Wei: "Then I'll take your kind words, Second Sister. It's kind of you, Second Sister, to care about me and go out of your way to find out so much about General Feng'en's mansion. I'm truly grateful."

Second sister, don't worry, I absolutely won't overthink it. I won't tell anyone that the Feng'en General's Mansion was originally a marriage arranged by my stepmother for you. I certainly won't go around saying that you had an affair with that Young Master Su and had no choice but to marry him.

We are both women, why should women make things difficult for each other, don't you think? If people find out that my sister fell into the water and was saved by Young Master Su, and that the two of them had physical intimacy, the reputation of this mansion will be ruined.

It's fine that you and I are engaged, but I'm afraid it will affect Fourth Sister's marriage. I know how much our stepmother dotes on Fourth Sister. If Fourth Sister is implicated because of this, I'm afraid I'll have to be sent to Shuiyue Nunnery to become a nun.

Sometimes, you have to accept your fate. In my second sister's eyes, I am a concubine's daughter, but aren't you the same?

Although I am a concubine's daughter, my aunt was a respectable concubine with a clean background. My sister is different; Aunt Tang was a maid born into the Jia family, a concubine, and her indenture was held by the legal mother.

If I were the older sister, I would definitely advise Aunt Tang to calm down. If she angers the stepmother, she might be beaten, killed, or sold off, and Father would only be able to get angry helplessly.

So, Second Sister, we're both daughters of concubines, so let's not talk about who's more noble than whom. Some things can't be judged by appearances. Don't let a few days of Father's favor make you forget your place in the world.

Jia Wei tugged at her handkerchief, her face turning incredibly ugly: "Sister, you've underestimated me all along. Third sister, you truly are destined to marry into General Feng'en's mansion and become a Lady of the Imperial Decree. You're indeed sharp-tongued."

My sister hopes that General Mingrui can live a few more days, so that you, my sister, won't become a widow after marrying him.

Although I, your second elder sister, am marrying down, Young Master Su is exceptionally talented and will surely pass the imperial examination and rise to great heights. My life is one of hardship before happiness, while your younger sister has married into a good family, but whether her life will be pleasant is another matter!

Jia Hui smiled and said in a relaxed tone, "Second sister is right, I have indeed married into a good family. No matter how impoverished the Feng'en General's Mansion is, it is still a member of the imperial family surnamed Aisin Gioro, a descendant of the eldest son of the founding emperor."

Since my second sister and that scholar Su fell in love at first sight, hit it off immediately, and were mutually attracted, and are willing to marry down for love and money, I wish you a long and happy marriage.

The younger sister had heard that Young Master Su had a cousin who was orphaned and raised by her sister's future mother-in-law since childhood. She and Young Master Su were childhood sweethearts and grew up together.

After the elder sister marries, she should find a good match for this younger cousin. In the younger sister's opinion, cousin and younger cousin are a match made in heaven. The elder sister should do a good deed and let Young Master Su take this younger cousin as his wife.

The three of you living a harmonious and happy life is better than anything else. Oh dear, look at me, so talkative.

My sister is so virtuous and generous. She wouldn't care about one or two or three younger cousins, let alone one. After all, Young Master Su only cares about his sister. Everyone else is just a younger sister to him.

Jia Wei's attempt to show off backfired, and she was instead beaten and humiliated by Jia Hui. Furious, she threw down her handkerchief, turned around, and left with her maid.

Yu Yan carried the bird's nest porridge in from outside. When she saw Jia Hui standing in the courtyard, she quickly put down the food box and helped her into the inner room: "Good girl, you just recovered from your fever, you mustn't come out in the wind."

The physician said that your illness is most prone to relapse. Your high fever yesterday almost scared me to death. With Granny Zhang gone and Sister Yunque still not back, if anything were to happen to you, wouldn't it be the death of me?

Upon hearing Yu Yan mention the deceased Granny Zhang, Jia Hui couldn't help but sigh. The reason why the original owner's two lives were so miserable was not only related to her scumbag father Jia Daishan, but also to the death of Granny Zhang.

Granny Zhang was a loyal servant left to the original owner by Old Madam Jia. When she was alive, even Jia Daishan had to give her some face. The idea of ​​her taking his place in a marriage was out of the question; the old nanny would have given him a severe dressing-down.

But Granny Zhang passed away before the New Year, and it is unknown whether Shi's methods were involved.

Granny Zhang's ancestral home was in Jiangnan. Yun Que, who inherited her mantle, decided to send her ashes to be buried in Jiangnan, which can be regarded as fulfilling Granny Zhang's dream of returning to her hometown.

Who would have thought that the boat the lark was on on his way back would have an accident, and he would die instantly.

In the first playthrough, after the original owner died, Yu Yan was poisoned by Su Jingxing. In the second playthrough, the original owner died of a fever, and Yu Yan also died for her master.

Jia Hui's timing was unfortunate; Yun Que had already had an accident, so she decided to send Ling Yi to take Yun Que's place.

With Ling Yi's abilities, even if the General Feng'en Mansion were a den of dragons and tigers, she and Yu Yan could still be protected.

Jia Hui turned to Sangzhi, the maid who had been acting like a wooden doll ever since Jia Wei came in, and instructed her: "Go to Mother's courtyard and report back."

Since Second Sister and Young Master Su are in love and have already consummated their relationship, and Second Sister has lost her chastity, she naturally cannot marry into General Feng'en's mansion.

I am willing to marry into General Feng'en's household to repay the kindness of my parents in raising me.

This maid, Sangzhi, was given to her by the Shi family. She usually pretended to be honest, but in reality, she was very cunning. From now on, she would be assigned to run errands.

Shi Shi was unaware that Jia Wei had deliberately arranged to have physical intimacy with Su Jingxing. The current Shi Shi was not the kind and gentle Jia Mu of the future; her methods were far more ruthless.

If she had known that Jia Wei had gotten involved with Su Jingxing first and had specifically asked Jia Daishan to help them get together, she definitely wouldn't have let Jia Wei off the hook.

Shi always believed that Jia Wei had accidentally fallen into the water and was rescued by Su Jingxing. Jia Daishan had no choice but to switch her marriage with Jia Hui for the sake of the Jia family's reputation.

Once Sangzhi returns and reports, she will definitely have someone investigate. With Jia Wei's limited scheming, an investigation can easily uncover everything.

What Shi is most concerned about now is the marriage of her eldest daughter, Jia Min. In her eyes, her daughter Jia Min is beautiful and talented, and she would be willing to become a concubine in the palace.

Of course, her goal was not to marry her daughter Jia Min to that old bald Kangxi, after all, she had no idea that Kangxi would be emperor for nearly another thirty years.

She had her sights set on the Crown Prince, believing that with the Jia family's status as a Duke's mansion and Jia Min's character and talent, becoming a concubine in the Crown Prince's Yuqing Palace would be no problem.

Unexpectedly, Jia Daishan secretly sent Jia Xuan, that lowly concubine's daughter, into the Crown Prince's palace, blocking Jia Min's path to Yuqing Palace.

Madam Shi was furious, but the die was cast, and she could only swallow her anger and set her sights on several princely mansions. At this point, she couldn't allow any mishap to affect Jia Min's marriage.

Jia Wei's actions were undoubtedly courting disaster; it would be strange if Shi didn't punish her, and even Aunt Tang would suffer the consequences.

Jia Hui provided an excuse to punish her, and her methods were numerous and varied. For example, she could easily manipulate her dowry.

The dowry given to the concubine's daughter by the government was not much to begin with. If it were all replaced with something flashy and impractical, Jia Wei's life would be even more difficult after marrying into the Su family, which was already greedy for the Jia family's wealth!

Although Jia Hui's dowry from her previous life was not much, the old lady of the Jia family left her a substantial amount of private savings. Even so, she did not have a good ending after marrying into the Su family.

Jia Wei didn't have any private savings left by the old lady, and Aunt Tang was a servant born into the Jia family, so she didn't have any dowry to supplement Jia Wei's life. Her life must have been even more difficult than Jia Hui's.

I don't know where she got her confidence from, thinking that as long as she married Su Jingxing, she would enjoy both wifely honor and husbandly wealth. Did Jia Daishan promise her something?

Jia Hui watched Sangzhi rush off to Rongxi Hall to deliver the news, and pondered that she should give Jia Daishan a generous gift before her marriage.

Since he has old injuries, he should stay at home and recuperate. It's not a bad thing to give the credit for saving the emperor to a younger man. Does Emperor Kangxi not have survived without Jia Daishan?

If Emperor Kangxi died so easily, so be it. He had so many sons, surely the throne wouldn't be left without a successor?

If the Crown Prince were to truly ascend the throne, then that spendthrift Emperor Qianlong would have no chance. At this time, the Crown Prince was still a qualified heir apparent, so Jia Daishan, the Duke of Rong, should have stayed home and enjoyed a life of luxury.

Jia Hui asked Sangzhi to tell Shi that Jia Wei and Su Jingxing had been intimate, and that she had not wronged Jia Wei at all.

She discussed it with her personal maid; she doesn't know who came up with this terrible idea.

To make Su Jingxing lose his mind, he deliberately sprinkled medicine on his clothes and soaked them in water. Although the effect was reduced, it made it less likely for others to notice anything amiss.

Jia Hui was puzzled that Jia Wei was so willing to go to such lengths to marry Su Jingxing, but little did she know that Jia Wei could be even more outrageous.

What does reputation matter? In her past life, she had too many concerns and cherished her reputation too much, which resulted in her being widowed for more than ten years.

After Mingrui's death, the loyal servants of General Feng'en's mansion, who were nominally devoted to her, actually kept her under house arrest. Her daily routine consisted of going to the small Buddhist hall to chant sutras and pray for the deceased Mingrui.

Every time she went back to her parents' home to cry, her mother would only cry, and her father would sigh and tell her to be patient, saying that a woman should follow her husband wherever he goes, and since she had already married into General Feng'en's mansion, she should stay and wait for Mingrui.

Her father suggested that one of Mingrui's cousins ​​inherit both the male and female branches of the family to ensure Mingrui had an heir, but the steward of General Feng'en's mansion immediately rejected the idea.

She wanted to adopt a child, but that despicable housekeeper still disagreed. She died in despair in her previous life and vowed never to enter that place, which was like a tomb for the living dead, again in this life.

Sangzhi knelt on the ground, trembling as she repeated what Jia Hui had taught her. Madam Shi, enraged, smashed her teacup: "That vile woman, how dare she..."

Seeing her daughter Jia Min sitting beside her drinking tea, Madam Shi barely suppressed her anger and said with a smile, "Min'er, didn't you say you were going to your sister-in-law's for tea? Don't keep her waiting, go quickly. I have some things to attend to here, so I won't keep you any longer."

Jia Min was intelligent and knew that Shi Shi was avoiding her because she was afraid that this matter would offend her ears, so she took her maid and went to the east courtyard.

As the legitimate daughter of the Jia family, Jia Min had four head maids, eight junior maids, several old women who did rough work, and two errand boys in her courtyard.

Looking at Jia Hui again, apart from the two head maids who were given to her by the old lady of the Jia family, there was only one maid, Sangzhi, who was from the Shi family.

Immediately after Jia Min's arrival, Madam Shi summoned her trusted nanny, Granny Lai: "Have someone investigate and find out what's going on between Er Yatou and that man surnamed Su. Also, find an experienced old nanny to check if Er Yatou has lost her virginity."

Investigating Jia Wei's affair with Su Jingxing will take time, but finding an experienced old nanny to determine whether Jia Wei has lost her innocence will yield results quickly.

Jia Min had two governesses from the palace by her side who had taught many young women how to behave properly. They could tell with a high degree of certainty whether a woman was a virgin as she walked past them.

Granny Lai's words infuriated Madam Shi, who smashed a pile of ornaments: "This is the good daughter that Madam Tang raised! Is the master blind? He still praises her for being well-behaved? I think even the prostitutes in the brothel are better behaved than her."

No, I must marry her off as soon as possible. It doesn't matter if Er Ya is being shameless, but I can't let her drag my Min'er down with her.

She shamelessly goes around telling everyone she and that man surnamed Su are deeply in love. Now even San Ya knows she's consummated their relationship. If word gets out, how will my Min'er survive? Will the daughters of the Jia family ever be able to get married again?

It is unknown what Shi said to Jia Daishan, but less than half a month later, Jia Wei married into the Su family with a meager dowry.